Improvement in bale-ties



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HENRY s. wonrnmeTon, or OOVINGTON, KENTUCKY.

IMPROVEMENT IN BALE-Tl ES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 205,023, dated June 18, 1878; application filed Aprril 30, 1878.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY S. WORTHING- TON, of Govin gton, county of Kenton, and State of Kentucky, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Cotton-Bale Ties; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon.

This invention consists mainly, first, in the combination of a rivet with the bent end of a bale-strap, the latter being secured in such position as to hold the unheaded rivet properly in place without other fastening; and, second, in the combination of the rivet and bent end of the strap with a clasp, all of which will be fully described hereinafter.

In the drawings, Figures 1 and 2 represent a plan and side elevation of one end of the strap; Figs. 3, 4, and 5, various views of the clasp upon the same; Fig. 6, a plan view of the other end of the strap Figs. 7 and 8, views of the ends united; and Fig. 9, a perspective view of a cotton-bale having the strap applied thereto.

To enable others skilled in the art to make and use my invention, I will now proceed to describe fully its construction and manner of operation.

A, Fig. 1, represents a bale-strap of the usual well-known or any other proper kind. a, Fig. 2, represents a portion of the end of the strap, which is bent backward beneath the main portion, as shown. a represents a rivet, headed at one end in the usual manner, which is inserted up through a proper opening in the upper portion of the strap at a suitable distance from the extremity, as shown. a represents a closed rivet, by means of which the folded end of the strap is securely fastened for the purpose of holding the unheaded or loose rivet properly in place, as shown. a Fig. 1, 3, 4, and 5, represents a clasp, consisting of a U-shaped strip of metal, one leaf of which is inserted between the upper and lower portions of the strap near the fold, as shown in Fig. 2. a represents a closed rivet, by

means of which the clasp is securely fastened in its proper place. a Fig. 6, represents the opposite end of the strap, which is provided with a series of rivet-holes, a a, as shown.

The manner of using the strap is substantially as follows: The strap having been previously prepared with its folded end, rivet, and clasp at one end, and the series of rivetopenings at the other end, is passed about the Some of the advantages of the describedconstruction are as follows: The strap is easily prepared at the manufaetory in complete order ready for use; and, as none of its parts are removable, the danger of loss is avoided.

The parts are few in number, and the construction simple, so that it may be manufactured at a small cost. It may be readily applied to the bale, and when applied forms a perfectly secure fastening.

After the bale has reached its destination the strap may be readily removed, and is ready for use again.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In combination with the fold of the balestrap, the unheaded rivet a and the closed rivet (t the construction being such that, by means of the fold and the closed rivet M, the unheaded rivet is securely fastened in place.

2. The tie described, consisting of the strap A, having the folded end, with loose rivet a, closed rivet a clasp a and end of, having holes a", as described.

H. s. WORTHINGTON.

Witnesses:

O. F. MITCHELL, J oHN- DROEGE. 

